#4E53B6#4E53B6

#4E53B6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.154 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53B6
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 182)
HSL	hsl(237, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(237, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 54.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.89, 27.35, -53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.89, 59.92, 297.16°)
OKLab	oklab(49.26% 0.0187 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(49.26% 0.154 277)
XYZ	xyz(14.6759, 11.1826, 45.6320)
Luminance	0.1118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53B6 #B6B14E

analogous

#4E87B6 #4E53B6 #7D4EB6

triadic

#4E53B6 #B64E53 #53B64E

tetradic

#4E53B6 #B64E87 #B6B14E #4EB67D

square

#4E53B6 #B64E87 #B6B14E #4EB67D

split-complementary

#4E53B6 #B67D4E #87B64E

monochromatic

#282B61 #3A3E8D #4E53B6 #797DC8 #A5A7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#4E53B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#4E53B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53B6

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53B6	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1462B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#106A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.154 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8983cd',
    500: '#4e53b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53b6;
$custom-light: #8983cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.115,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49257,
    "c": 0.15382,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.11184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53B6

secondary

#C7C599

accent

#CC56D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF9

border

#CBCAD2

text

#0C0A13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53B6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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